The Department of School Education and Literacy released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for States/UTs for 2020-21.
It is a unique index for evidence based comprehensive analysis of school education system across State/UTs.
The Indian Education System is one of the largest in the world with about 14.9 lakh schools, 95 lakh teachers, and nearly 26.5 crore students from varied socio-economic backgrounds.
It classified the States/UTs into ten grades in Level 1-10.
As per the index, a total of seven States and Union Territories namely Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh have attained Level -2 grading in 2020-21.
Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh are the new entrants with the highest achieved level.